In spite of the torrential rains and the exorbitant gas
prices, we had a good turnout at this year’s Southwest
Open. The players began arriving on Friday as Round Robins
began and by the end of the week we had over 175 registered
players.

This year a new award was given to the player who accumulated
the most points from participating in and winning round
robins throughout the week. The 2007 Round Robin King of
the Jungle was Ted Canada. Ted will receive free registration
and free entry in the AB Draw and the Draft events in next
years Southwest Open.

A huge thanks goes out to Johnny Wayne for his work on
getting the boards ready. The boards played great and the
players were very pleased.

We would also
like to give a big thanks to all the American Legion Post
73 volunteers, Eileen, Jack and Andy and all the bartenders
and cooks for taking care of us all week. And we would like
to thank the tournament staff; Jack, Jim, Johnny and Kathy,
for their time and effort in making the tournament a success.
We want to thank Ann Harrell for taking the pictures for
all the events and for allowing us to use her pictures for
the TSA Newsletter which will come out next month.

We also want to thank Norm and Debbie
Allinder for all their hard work to make this tournament
possible. Norm was not feeling well during the tournament
but continued to help out where he could. Our thoughts and
prayers are with his family.